After a couple of weeks of “distance learning,” I have to say that if before I admired teachers, now they also have my deepest sympathy.
I imagine that teaching little ones can be like herding cats at times. Well now,...
My boys recently turned five and a half. And I think I can now say without a doubt that five is my favorite age so far. (Followed closely by nine to eleven months, but that might just be in...
Showing Gratitude
Over the last few months, we have come together as a community, as a nation, to show support for our Front Line Workers. We've sewn masks, donated money, dropped food and helped acquire PPE. The Blue Angels flew...
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Potty Training With Child Number One
We started to potty train our son when he started showing signs that he was ready. Lucky for us, this correlated with our second pregnancy...
As a mother, one of the things I am constantly challenged with is being present in the here and now. For me, especially with my firstborn, I was constantly looking forward to what was next, to all of the...
Monday, January 2nd was my kids’ first day back to school after the holidays. I work in a different district and was looking forward to a few days at home by myself before I had to return to my...
You know how some people say everything has a "good, bad, and an ugly?" I am here to talk about one of the "uglies" of parenting. Those things that make me want to burn my house down such as:...
We live in Jefferson Parish and my son attends a Jefferson Parish Public School System Magnet Program. It was a process for us to end up here. It can sometimes feel like we, in the metro New Orleans area,...
If an active shooter enters my classroom, I will die protecting your children, knowing my own children will lose their mother. I accept this as the current reality of teaching in the American public school system, relying on a...
I’m currently writing this post while sitting in my bathroom (it’s the only room in my house with a lock on the door, so don’t get grossed out), while my three-year-old and dog sit just outside the door fighting...
What's Your Excuse?
We've all done it--called in sick to work when we aren't, taken a mental health day, taken an extra day of vacation--it's nothing new. Our kids are human, sometimes school and life is overwhelming, sometimes you just...
Our School Community Is MADD :: We Love You, Abby
It came through as a text but the words on my phone made no sense. I stood there reading that a young girl and member of our school community was...
Whether you stay-at-home, work-from-home, work part-time, full-time to list out the number of hats a mother wears on any given day could make “War and Peace” look like a short story.
Executive chef, personal driver, stylist, dentist, hair dresser, therapist,...
One evening, like any other evening which usually resembles something close to a tornado, my seven year old son looked up at me from scattered books on the table and said, "Mom your friends don't know the real you...